Loch Bad an Sgalaig

Loch Bad an Sgalaig
From Meall Aundrary to Loch Bad an Sgalaig
Location	Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates	57°40′32″N 5°36′33″W / 57.67556°N 5.60917°W[1]
Type	freshwater loch and reservoir [2][3]
Primary inflows	Abhainn a' Gharbh Choire [3]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.66 mi (1.06 km)[2]
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)[2]
Surface area	132.2 ha (327 acres)[1]
Average depth	24.25 ft (7.39 m)[2]
Max. depth	64 ft (20 m)[2]
Water volume	151,000,000 cu ft (4,300,000 m^3)[2]
Shore length^1	10.2 km (6.3 mi) [1]
Surface elevation	116 m (381 ft) [1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland.

The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream,^[4] was dammed in 1949 to power the Kerry Falls hydroelectric power station.^[5]

The loch was surveyed on 30 July 1902^[2] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted^[6] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

1. "Loch Bad an Sgalaig". British Lakes. British Lakes. 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
2. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Gairloch Basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. "Bad an Sgalaig, Loch". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. "Poll A' Chuilinn, Power Station". Canmore. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
5. "Kerry Falls Power Station". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
6. "Loch an Eilein; Loch Bad a' Chrotha; Loch Braigh Horrisdale; Loch Bad an Sgalaig...". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

See also

• List of lochs in Scotland